All of the papers are an older line, Beautiful Life, from Bo Bunny and is still one of my favorites! I started out by making the wreath from a ring of paper, which I wrapped and glued with rafia, adding orange fiber around the outside. Then I stamped and embossed the leaves using the Filled With Blessings stamp set from Red Rubber Designs. Inside of the wreath and the swirly background were stamped with Autumn Swirls. The anniversary sentiment was done using Contemporary Greetings, and I added the label plate over Anniversary, which I got as a RAK from my scrappy friend Lisa. So thank you Lisa!

I used some Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays (Rudolph's Nose Red and Cathedral Pines Green) to mist the top of the Santa paper, and I think the colors match the collection perfectly. I also did some distressing, machine-stitching, and inking on here, including the title stickers, which I inked along the bottom in red, to make it stand out more. The tag was cut from paper and I added fibers from my own stash to it. I also added the candy cane and holly leaves from my stash. The small, yellow button comes in the Buttons pack, and the rest from the Ephemera pack.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

It's time for a new stamping challenge at Red Rubber Inspirationals! I'm hosting this week's Inspirational #142, to stamp a pumpkin, in honor of Fall, my favorite season. I created this card using the Filled With Blessings stamp set from Red Rubber Designs. I just love the scarecrow with the pumpkin and colored him in with markers, as well as the polka dots and fence! The leaves were misted with different Autumn colors.

I thought this design would be perfect for all of the fun embellishments that come in the bundle, like the Chipboard, Ephemera, Layered Chipboard, and Brads, which I used to make the banner and clustered under the large photo.

I fussy cut the scallops and punched holes in the centers using my Big Bite II, inking the edges with Distress Ink (Fired Brick). I also added some machine stitching using red and green thread.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

I started by masking the doily with Distress Ink (Festive Berries). Then I used Tim Holtz' stencil (Dot Fade) with some gesso put randomly on the page. I fussy-cut all of the circles and medallions from paper from the 12 x 12 Collection Pack, and added the buttons on top. The star also comes in the pack of buttons, which I added to the top of the chipboard tree, after adding green ink to the edges.

I added the date with some stickers from the 12 X 12 Collection Pack over the chipboard banner. I stamped 25 with the stamps that come in the Ephemera package, using Ranger Seafoam White embossing powder. I finished it off with some hand-stitched circles around the photo, date, and image of the girl and tree, that comes in the Noteworthy package.

You'll love this collection for all of your holiday photos, old and new, from FotoBella!!